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AUGUST 2019

Most practices have cases that have not been delivered because of patient non-compliance. For whatever reason, the patient has not returned for the delivery of the prosthesis, occlusal guard, crown, retainer, orthodontic aligners, etc. and the plan has established that the incurred liability date is the date of delivery. The practice has spent a significant amount of time, effort, and expense on that service and yet the patient cannot or will not return to have the service finished. What can you do?

JULY 2019

Providing care to patients the treatment, services, and documentation are expected to meet the standard of care. Standard of care refers to the degree of attentiveness, caution and prudence that any reasonable person in the same professional situation would exercise. In other words, to do what any other dentist, (and those under a dentist's supervision) would do under similar circumstances.

MAY 2019

Insurance payers have an obligation to "police" providers to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations, to provide treatment that meets the standard of care, and to monitor compliance of the doctor and practice with the stipulations established by the benefit plan.

For this first blog, we will be discussing the importance of annual CDT training. The CDT code set is updated annually and all codes become effective January 1 of each year. New codes are added, codes are deleted, and existing codes are revised each year. The addition or deletion of just one word in a code nomenclature or descriptor can change the meaning of the code and how it is utilized in your practice. Therefore, it is imperative for the dental team to understand how the code changes will affect the coding of procedures in your practice to eliminate coding errors, which are costly to the practice. Additionally, coding errors can lead to serious consequences for the dentist and practice.